Two hooded killers hunted their victim — a serving prisoner visiting his family — and blasted him in the neck five times in a south London street. Southwark Coroner’s Court heard the killers looked for Eric Ayo Akinniranye, 25, in their four-wheel drive Mercedes. When they spotted him on his motorbike riding along Vicarage Grove, Camberwell, they sped after him and knocked him to the ground before running him over. Mr Akinniranye fled for his life but the men caught up and gunned him down in a hail of bullets. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival on the evening of July 3 last year. Mr Akinniranye had been serving a 10-year prison sentence at Coldingley for drug and firearm offences. The inquest heard he was making good progress with his drug addictions while behind bars and was seen as an ideal candidate for the prison resettlement programme. As part of his release process Mr Akinniranye was on licence living outside the prison and working in a plant nursery nearby. But it is though he was in breach of licence conditions when he visited south London. The victim’s brother, Kola Kayode, told the inquest: “He was a very loveable person. He was always laughing. “People usually went around with Eric because he was a fun person. I wouldn’t say he was a bad person. “Yes, he did get mixed up with the wrong crowd.” When Coroner John Sampson asked if he thought this played a part in Mr Akinniranye’s death, he said: “No, I don’t think so. Jealousy probably. I don’t know. There’s a lot of jealousy about. Or just pure hate.” Police continue to look for the killers and Det Chief Inspector Peter Valentine said he thought the murder was part of an ongoing gang battle over drugs trade. He believes Mr Akinniranye’s killers had been tipped off about his visit to the area. He told the inquest: “Different people in the area were robbing each other for drugs and money. CCTV footage made it clear his killers were looking for him and expecting him in the area at some time. We know that Eric, it would seem, was set up.” Eyewitnesses saw the Mercedes cruising the area before the victim arrived. Coroner John Sampson recorded that Mr Akinniranye’s death was an unlawful killing. “He seems to have been targeted, stalked by the motor vehicle and killed,” he said.